English Speaking in DR
I am happy to report that my recent trip to the Punta Cana region was good, however, my biggest problem was the language barrier.
We travel quite a bit, and have not had any problems with this until we went to Punta Cana at a very high class resort. The English Language was not used much, and we felt a lot like second class citizens, often being only tolerated and sometimes ignored because our first language is English.
I would recommend strongly, that the tourism department be aware of this and try to influence Spanish resorts to accommodate us Canadians (Americans) who speak only English.
OUR TOURIST DOLLARS ARE AS GOOD AS ANY ONE ELSE'S. We can see tourquoise waters, warmer even in places like Australia and Fiji, where I found no problems with what I'll call predjudice.
Please understand that I was not alone in this, as many of my fellow travellers complained to each other. Thought that someone should be made aware!! if tourism is going to be one of the country's biggest means of wealth.
I am happy to report that my recent trip to the Punta Cana region was good, however, my biggest problem was the language barrier.
We travel quite a bit, and have not had any problems with this until we went to Punta Cana at a very high class resort. The English Language was not used much, and we felt a lot like second class citizens, often being only tolerated and sometimes ignored because our first language is English.
I would recommend strongly, that the tourism department be aware of this and try to influence Spanish resorts to accommodate us Canadians (Americans) who speak only English.
OUR TOURIST DOLLARS ARE AS GOOD AS ANY ONE ELSE'S. We can see tourquoise waters, warmer even in places like Australia and Fiji, where I found no problems with what I'll call predjudice.
Please understand that I was not alone in this, as many of my fellow travellers complained to each other. Thought that someone should be made aware!! if tourism is going to be one of the country's biggest means of wealth.